Patents by Inventor John F. Waddington

John F. Waddington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4762293
    Abstract: A control system for a guided missile includes means for rotating the missile about its axis, a discharge nozzle so directed that its thrust exerts a lateral force on the missile and an associated reaction motor arranged to deliver, in response to a suitable signal, a thrust of suitable timing and duration to correct the missile trajectory. A suitable reaction motor has a combustion chamber in communication with the discharge nozzle by way of a relief valve, a compressible fuel tank pressurized by gases from the combustion chamber by way of a differential piston pump actuable by the combustion gases and controlled by a command operable, solenoid actuated valve, and means for initially heating and pressurizing the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1968
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kindgom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: John F. Waddington